Application of Fracture Mechanics to Materials and Structures: Proceedings of the International Conference on Applicatio (Hardcover)

An International Conference on the Application of Fracture Mechanics to Ma- terials and Structures was held at the Hotel Kolpinghaus in Freiburg West Ger- many June 20-24 1983. It was attended by more than 250 participants from different countries which include Austria Canada Czechoslovakia Democratic Republic of Germany Denmark Federal Republic of Germany Finland France Greece Hungary Israel Italy Japan Netherlands Norway People s Republic of China Portugal Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America USSR and Yugoslavia. Conference Co-Chairmen were Professor G. C. Sih Lehigh University Bethle- hem Pennsylvania U. S. A. Dr. E. Sommer Fraunhofer-Institut fur Werkstoff- mechanik Freiburg FRG and Professor W. Dahl Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen FRG. Dr. Wenrich as the representative of the Land Baden-WUrttemberg delivered the opening address with the remarks that International Conferences can serve the means to further enhance the technology development of a country. He empha- sized that the Federal Republic of Germany is presently in need of strengthening the engineering manpower in order to keep her in a competitive position. The Conference was officially cast off with the leading plenary lectures that under- lined the theme of the technical lectures for the first day. This pattern was observed for the five-day meeting. The interplay between material and design re- quirements was the theme and emphasized in many of the technical presentations that amounted to approximately ninety (90) papers.